Aviation workers’ unions are warming up for a protest against the Federal Government’s 50 per cent revenue remittance regime in the air transport sector.

The unionists, who are meeting next week on modalities of the protest, said the mandatory remittance of aviation earnings to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) is disrupting the operations of the sector.

Recall that the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Finance, directed all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to remit 100 per cent of their internally generated revenue (IGR) to the Sub-Recurrent Account, which is a sub-component of the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).

The directive, according to the government, is to improve revenue generation, fiscal discipline, accountability, and transparency in the management of government financial resources and prevent waste and inefficiencies.

The Guardian learnt that its enforcement in the aviation industry is, however, depriving the relevant agencies of funds, coupled with the bureaucracy of accessing the funds as and when due.

Yesterday, the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) warned that the aviation unions might be compelled to embark on an industrial action to force the withdrawal of the agencies from the TSA.